We just bought 3 hectares that are protected, near a protected state park in bahia. The laws protecting the property we purchased are pretty weak. We and our neighbors are trying to reforest 80+% of our property but that's only a few dozen hectares. In Brazil the incentives lean towards trying to produce cash crops it seems - cacao, dendê, whatever. But that isn't going to reforest the vast areas that need it.

Not sure how well protected this property is in general but if it is then this small personally owned land patches might be one part in protecting these lands.

No company in there right mind would be chasing thousands of international land owners for a few hectares each

I really hope it doesn't disappear because we've been hard at work with our partners there to protect it and restore animal habitats there. But we'll see. The expanding greed of big Ag is a mighty force...